Category: Culture

July 23, 2018

It’s hard for me to admit, but for a very long time “not experiencing acute pain or illness” has been my definition of a good day. I feel knee-jerk embarrassment admitting to feeling unwell so often. Despite this, I have very rarely gone to …

July 19, 2018

I know, I know, two round up posts in one week. That wasn’t the plan, I spent the day in urgent care dealing with some weird health issues, but I didn’t want to let that stop me from publishing my post for today. I …

July 17, 2018

Often when I’ve got something on my mind, I get writer’s block until I just write about it. So here we are. As I’ve been working through my July challenge to publish a blog post every weekday, I’ve been thinking a lot about what …

July 5, 2018

The Force Awakens came out the week of my due date with my son. We had purchased tickets for the day after my due date, gambling that the traditional wisdom that first-time moms go late would hold true. In keeping with his now apparent …

March 7, 2018

When I started this writing project, it was a way to make sense of the unmoored existence I found myself in as a stay at home mom; no paycheck, no external schedule, no quarterly performance reviews. I had lost the systems that helped me …

February 21, 2018

I’ve been relatively absent from social media in recent weeks; I’ve been too wrapped up in the workings of our daily lives, our home, and how they come together and support each other. My house is functionally clean, my sourdough game is on point, …